[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sun, 30 Oct 2005, Dan Nicholson wrote: > >> Because the current way has symlinks /usr/man -> /usr/share/man, etc. >> It would be nice to get rid of these depending on how picky you are. > > > Why don't we just have a regular /usr/man directory? Why get rid of > them at all? What's the rationale behind the individual package devs > who use the different locations? I'm sure they have at least some sort > of mildly reasonable explanation for their preference. > > Steven > --
One thing to note is that with a regular /etc/man.conf, any package that is in the PATH, as say /opt/useful/bin will have /opt/useful/man in the the MANPATH automagically. (I may have this slightly off, but the principle is correct, see the comments in a freshly installed /etc/man.conf.) R. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
